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The1908 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 3, 1908, as part of the1908 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
In its first thirty years as a stateKansas had been powerfullyRepublican, but withthe Populist movement and major agricultural crises the state turned toJames B. Weaver in1892 andWilliam Jennings Bryan in1896;[1] however, PresidentWilliam McKinley won a rematch with Bryan in1900. With the return to a conservative “Gold Democrat” candidate in1904, Kansas reverted to rock-solid Republican asAlton B. Parker failed to carry a single county in the state againstTheodore Roosevelt.
Bryan was nominated as the Democratic candidate for president for the third time. However, by October, most predictions suggested that Bryan would not win over the voters who had deserted Parker, and be unsuccessful in his attempt to emulate his “Commoner” success of 1896.[2]
On election day, Republican candidateWilliam Howard Taft carried Kansas by 9.60 points, an improvement of over 2 points upon McKinley's 1900 result and of 13.26 points upon the Republican result from 1896, despite Bryan campaigning in the state at the beginning of November.[3] His underperformance was in part attributed to the fact that Kansas’ local Republicans supported Taft's plan to guarantee bank deposits for all customers through the state treasurer.[4]
As of 2024, this along with 1892 is the 2nd and last time that Nebraska has voted for a different presidential candidate than neighboring Kansas.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Howard Taft ofOhio | James S. Sherman | Republican | 10[5] | 197,216 | 52.46% |
| William Jennings Bryan | John W. Kern | Democratic | 0 | 161,209 | 42.88% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Ben Hanford | Socialist | 0 | 12,420 | 3.30% |
| Eugene W. Chafin | Aaron S. Watkins | Prohibition | 0 | 5,033 | 1.34% |
| Thomas L. Hisgen | John Temple Graves | Independent | 0 | 68 | 0.02% |
| 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[6] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Social Democratic | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Thomas Louis Higsen Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,283 | 53.80% | 2,579 | 42.26% | 204 | 3.34% | 36 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 704 | 11.54% | 6,102 |
| Anderson | 1,722 | 51.25% | 1,512 | 45.00% | 65 | 1.93% | 61 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 210 | 6.25% | 3,360 |
| Atchison | 3,244 | 54.94% | 2,593 | 43.91% | 48 | 0.81% | 18 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.03% | 651 | 11.02% | 5,905 |
| Barber | 1,097 | 53.72% | 864 | 42.31% | 45 | 2.20% | 36 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 233 | 11.41% | 2,042 |
| Barton | 1,729 | 44.83% | 2,004 | 51.96% | 100 | 2.59% | 24 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -275 | -7.13% | 3,857 |
| Bourbon | 2,695 | 47.83% | 2,686 | 47.67% | 211 | 3.75% | 42 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.16% | 5,634 |
| Brown | 2,778 | 56.31% | 2,044 | 41.44% | 61 | 1.24% | 50 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 734 | 14.88% | 4,933 |
| Butler | 3,049 | 53.97% | 2,290 | 40.54% | 149 | 2.64% | 160 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 759 | 13.44% | 5,649 |
| Chase | 1,021 | 53.04% | 834 | 43.32% | 46 | 2.39% | 24 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 187 | 9.71% | 1,925 |
| Chautauqua | 1,689 | 60.19% | 958 | 34.14% | 148 | 5.27% | 11 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 731 | 26.05% | 2,806 |
| Cherokee | 3,893 | 44.26% | 3,819 | 43.42% | 1,030 | 11.71% | 51 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.02% | 74 | 0.84% | 8,795 |
| Cheyenne | 486 | 54.30% | 339 | 37.88% | 41 | 4.58% | 20 | 2.23% | 9 | 1.01% | 147 | 16.42% | 895 |
| Clark | 386 | 49.87% | 350 | 45.22% | 24 | 3.10% | 12 | 1.55% | 2 | 0.26% | 36 | 4.65% | 774 |
| Clay | 1,858 | 52.96% | 1,495 | 42.62% | 102 | 2.91% | 52 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.03% | 363 | 10.35% | 3,508 |
| Cloud | 2,170 | 52.24% | 1,663 | 40.03% | 244 | 5.87% | 76 | 1.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 507 | 12.21% | 4,154 |
| Coffey | 2,094 | 53.38% | 1,729 | 44.07% | 35 | 0.89% | 63 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.05% | 365 | 9.30% | 3,923 |
| Comanche | 392 | 59.67% | 245 | 37.29% | 10 | 1.52% | 10 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 147 | 22.37% | 657 |
| Cowley | 3,578 | 50.55% | 2,995 | 42.31% | 396 | 5.59% | 109 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 583 | 8.24% | 7,078 |
| Crawford | 5,152 | 46.55% | 4,230 | 38.22% | 1,631 | 14.74% | 54 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.01% | 922 | 8.33% | 11,068 |
| Decatur | 898 | 39.18% | 1,250 | 54.54% | 94 | 4.10% | 41 | 1.79% | 9 | 0.39% | -352 | -15.36% | 2,292 |
| Dickinson | 2,886 | 53.31% | 2,282 | 42.15% | 152 | 2.81% | 94 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 604 | 11.16% | 5,414 |
| Doniphan | 2,307 | 66.46% | 1,113 | 32.07% | 33 | 0.95% | 18 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,194 | 34.40% | 3,471 |
| Douglas | 3,279 | 60.63% | 2,010 | 37.17% | 49 | 0.91% | 70 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,269 | 23.47% | 5,408 |
| Edwards | 773 | 50.23% | 704 | 45.74% | 27 | 1.75% | 35 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 69 | 4.48% | 1,539 |
| Elk | 1,454 | 54.11% | 1,187 | 44.18% | 25 | 0.93% | 21 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 267 | 9.94% | 2,687 |
| Ellis | 768 | 34.50% | 1,421 | 63.84% | 20 | 0.90% | 17 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | -653 | -29.34% | 2,226 |
| Ellsworth | 1,213 | 52.95% | 1,039 | 45.35% | 13 | 0.57% | 26 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 7.59% | 2,291 |
| Finney | 1,000 | 61.46% | 551 | 33.87% | 58 | 3.56% | 18 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 449 | 27.60% | 1,627 |
| Ford | 1,333 | 53.28% | 1,089 | 43.53% | 44 | 1.76% | 36 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 244 | 9.75% | 2,502 |
| Franklin | 2,658 | 52.74% | 2,155 | 42.76% | 93 | 1.85% | 134 | 2.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 503 | 9.98% | 5,040 |
| Geary | 1,257 | 53.38% | 1,033 | 43.86% | 38 | 1.61% | 27 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 9.51% | 2,355 |
| Gove | 632 | 55.15% | 456 | 39.79% | 32 | 2.79% | 26 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 176 | 15.36% | 1,146 |
| Graham | 911 | 52.24% | 723 | 41.46% | 95 | 5.45% | 15 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 188 | 10.78% | 1,744 |
| Grant | 178 | 54.77% | 133 | 40.92% | 12 | 3.69% | 2 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 13.85% | 325 |
| Gray | 372 | 46.79% | 338 | 42.52% | 64 | 8.05% | 21 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 4.28% | 795 |
| Greeley | 206 | 64.58% | 89 | 27.90% | 21 | 6.58% | 3 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 117 | 36.68% | 319 |
| Greenwood | 2,370 | 59.16% | 1,545 | 38.57% | 69 | 1.72% | 22 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 825 | 20.59% | 4,006 |
| Hamilton | 415 | 57.32% | 275 | 37.98% | 30 | 4.14% | 4 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 19.34% | 724 |
| Harper | 1,490 | 48.46% | 1,404 | 45.66% | 112 | 3.64% | 69 | 2.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 2.80% | 3,075 |
| Harvey | 2,305 | 58.30% | 1,475 | 37.30% | 99 | 2.50% | 74 | 1.87% | 1 | 0.03% | 830 | 20.99% | 3,954 |
| Haskell | 172 | 48.73% | 139 | 39.38% | 36 | 10.20% | 6 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 33 | 9.35% | 353 |
| Hodgeman | 411 | 57.08% | 290 | 40.28% | 7 | 0.97% | 12 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 121 | 16.81% | 720 |
| Jackson | 2,201 | 58.65% | 1,494 | 39.81% | 17 | 0.45% | 39 | 1.04% | 2 | 0.05% | 707 | 18.84% | 3,753 |
| Jefferson | 2,270 | 55.57% | 1,720 | 42.11% | 64 | 1.57% | 31 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 550 | 13.46% | 4,085 |
| Jewell | 2,410 | 53.48% | 1,932 | 42.88% | 54 | 1.20% | 110 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 478 | 10.61% | 4,506 |
| Johnson | 2,313 | 51.17% | 2,091 | 46.26% | 88 | 1.95% | 28 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 4.91% | 4,520 |
| Kearny | 435 | 56.64% | 304 | 39.58% | 26 | 3.39% | 3 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 | 17.06% | 768 |
| Kingman | 1,442 | 47.26% | 1,479 | 48.48% | 84 | 2.75% | 45 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.03% | -37 | -1.21% | 3,051 |
| Kiowa | 699 | 59.49% | 409 | 34.81% | 37 | 3.15% | 30 | 2.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 290 | 24.68% | 1,175 |
| Labette | 3,367 | 49.17% | 2,783 | 40.64% | 643 | 9.39% | 54 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.01% | 584 | 8.53% | 6,848 |
| Lane | 357 | 51.52% | 271 | 39.11% | 49 | 7.07% | 16 | 2.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 12.41% | 693 |
| Leavenworth | 4,846 | 53.87% | 3,818 | 42.44% | 288 | 3.20% | 43 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,028 | 11.43% | 8,996 |
| Lincoln | 1,218 | 50.27% | 1,117 | 46.10% | 58 | 2.39% | 30 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 4.17% | 2,423 |
| Linn | 1,950 | 51.79% | 1,657 | 44.01% | 126 | 3.35% | 31 | 0.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 293 | 7.78% | 3,765 |
| Logan | 524 | 59.34% | 308 | 34.88% | 32 | 3.62% | 18 | 2.04% | 1 | 0.11% | 216 | 24.46% | 883 |
| Lyon | 2,973 | 50.87% | 2,562 | 43.84% | 161 | 2.75% | 147 | 2.52% | 1 | 0.02% | 411 | 7.03% | 5,844 |
| Marion | 2,546 | 57.45% | 1,747 | 39.42% | 57 | 1.29% | 80 | 1.81% | 2 | 0.05% | 799 | 18.03% | 4,432 |
| Marshall | 3,296 | 55.91% | 2,514 | 42.65% | 32 | 0.54% | 53 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 13.27% | 5,895 |
| McPherson | 2,708 | 57.39% | 1,905 | 40.37% | 55 | 1.17% | 51 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 803 | 17.02% | 4,719 |
| Meade | 560 | 56.22% | 386 | 38.76% | 26 | 2.61% | 24 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 17.47% | 996 |
| Miami | 2,475 | 51.03% | 2,256 | 46.52% | 91 | 1.88% | 26 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.04% | 219 | 4.52% | 4,850 |
| Mitchell | 1,765 | 50.50% | 1,570 | 44.92% | 118 | 3.38% | 42 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 5.58% | 3,495 |
| Montgomery | 5,166 | 52.10% | 4,030 | 40.64% | 661 | 6.67% | 57 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,136 | 11.46% | 9,916 |
| Morris | 1,788 | 57.53% | 1,273 | 40.96% | 19 | 0.61% | 28 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 515 | 16.57% | 3,108 |
| Morton | 154 | 50.49% | 140 | 45.90% | 6 | 1.97% | 5 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 4.59% | 305 |
| Nemaha | 2,394 | 51.57% | 2,182 | 47.01% | 32 | 0.69% | 33 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.02% | 212 | 4.57% | 4,642 |
| Neosho | 2,929 | 53.15% | 2,386 | 43.30% | 166 | 3.01% | 29 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.02% | 543 | 9.85% | 5,511 |
| Ness | 635 | 47.96% | 461 | 34.82% | 109 | 8.23% | 117 | 8.84% | 2 | 0.15% | 174 | 13.14% | 1,324 |
| Norton | 1,448 | 49.76% | 1,337 | 45.95% | 59 | 2.03% | 66 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 3.81% | 2,910 |
| Osage | 2,671 | 50.30% | 2,288 | 43.09% | 264 | 4.97% | 86 | 1.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 383 | 7.21% | 5,310 |
| Osborne | 1,665 | 55.30% | 1,132 | 37.60% | 45 | 1.49% | 169 | 5.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 533 | 17.70% | 3,011 |
| Ottawa | 1,444 | 50.54% | 1,265 | 44.28% | 83 | 2.91% | 65 | 2.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 6.27% | 2,857 |
| Pawnee | 1,000 | 48.43% | 961 | 46.54% | 68 | 3.29% | 36 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 39 | 1.89% | 2,065 |
| Phillips | 1,762 | 52.25% | 1,490 | 44.19% | 65 | 1.93% | 55 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 8.07% | 3,372 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,650 | 60.78% | 1,680 | 38.53% | 11 | 0.25% | 19 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 970 | 22.25% | 4,360 |
| Pratt | 1,193 | 50.53% | 1,027 | 43.50% | 67 | 2.84% | 73 | 3.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 166 | 7.03% | 2,361 |
| Rawlins | 719 | 47.36% | 732 | 48.22% | 59 | 3.89% | 7 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.07% | -13 | -0.86% | 1,518 |
| Reno | 4,092 | 52.72% | 3,381 | 43.56% | 175 | 2.25% | 114 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 711 | 9.16% | 7,762 |
| Republic | 2,156 | 51.79% | 1,905 | 45.76% | 35 | 0.84% | 67 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 251 | 6.03% | 4,163 |
| Rice | 1,832 | 51.35% | 1,407 | 39.43% | 110 | 3.08% | 217 | 6.08% | 2 | 0.06% | 425 | 11.91% | 3,568 |
| Riley | 2,276 | 61.71% | 1,289 | 34.95% | 65 | 1.76% | 58 | 1.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 987 | 26.76% | 3,688 |
| Rooks | 1,280 | 53.13% | 1,003 | 41.64% | 75 | 3.11% | 51 | 2.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 277 | 11.50% | 2,409 |
| Rush | 764 | 45.02% | 894 | 52.68% | 30 | 1.77% | 9 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | -130 | -7.66% | 1,697 |
| Russell | 1,360 | 57.12% | 976 | 40.99% | 27 | 1.13% | 18 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 16.13% | 2,381 |
| Saline | 2,297 | 50.15% | 2,134 | 46.59% | 116 | 2.53% | 33 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 3.56% | 4,580 |
| Scott | 324 | 47.09% | 294 | 42.73% | 61 | 8.87% | 8 | 1.16% | 1 | 0.15% | 30 | 4.36% | 688 |
| Sedgwick | 6,756 | 50.25% | 6,049 | 44.99% | 390 | 2.90% | 247 | 1.84% | 3 | 0.02% | 707 | 5.26% | 13,445 |
| Seward | 427 | 48.09% | 413 | 46.51% | 33 | 3.72% | 15 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 1.58% | 888 |
| Shawnee | 7,554 | 56.28% | 5,585 | 41.61% | 170 | 1.27% | 112 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,969 | 14.67% | 13,421 |
| Sheridan | 639 | 48.89% | 631 | 48.28% | 22 | 1.68% | 15 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.61% | 1,307 |
| Sherman | 439 | 43.64% | 508 | 50.50% | 46 | 4.57% | 13 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -69 | -6.86% | 1,006 |
| Smith | 1,843 | 51.65% | 1,593 | 44.65% | 51 | 1.43% | 78 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.08% | 250 | 7.01% | 3,568 |
| Stafford | 1,334 | 50.99% | 1,135 | 43.39% | 48 | 1.83% | 99 | 3.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 199 | 7.61% | 2,616 |
| Stanton | 180 | 60.81% | 107 | 36.15% | 6 | 2.03% | 3 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 24.66% | 296 |
| Stevens | 258 | 48.22% | 215 | 40.19% | 39 | 7.29% | 23 | 4.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 8.04% | 535 |
| Sumner | 3,235 | 51.30% | 2,772 | 43.96% | 204 | 3.24% | 95 | 1.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 463 | 7.34% | 6,306 |
| Thomas | 569 | 44.98% | 630 | 49.80% | 44 | 3.48% | 22 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -61 | -4.82% | 1,265 |
| Trego | 617 | 54.65% | 458 | 40.57% | 32 | 2.83% | 20 | 1.77% | 2 | 0.18% | 159 | 14.08% | 1,129 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,849 | 60.25% | 1,163 | 37.90% | 24 | 0.78% | 33 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 22.35% | 3,069 |
| Wallace | 350 | 59.32% | 206 | 34.92% | 23 | 3.90% | 11 | 1.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 24.41% | 590 |
| Washington | 2,711 | 57.51% | 1,904 | 40.39% | 46 | 0.98% | 53 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 807 | 17.12% | 4,714 |
| Wichita | 233 | 54.31% | 173 | 40.33% | 22 | 5.13% | 1 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 13.99% | 429 |
| Wilson | 2,428 | 53.14% | 1,777 | 38.89% | 324 | 7.09% | 40 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 651 | 14.25% | 4,569 |
| Woodson | 1,252 | 53.23% | 1,047 | 44.52% | 41 | 1.74% | 12 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 205 | 8.72% | 2,352 |
| Wyandotte | 8,684 | 47.56% | 8,923 | 48.87% | 528 | 2.89% | 117 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.04% | -239 | -1.31% | 18,259 |
| Totals | 197,316 | 52.47% | 161,209 | 42.87% | 12,420 | 3.30% | 5,030 | 1.34% | 70 | 0.02% | 36,107 | 9.60% | 376,045 |